Hi Liam and all, >> $ grep -i /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(Woops: for posterity's sake, that should be "grep -i intel ...") >> (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:27a2:8086:7270 Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, >> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem @ >> 0x50380000/524288, 0x40000000/268435456, 0x50400000/262144, I/O @ >> 0x000020e0/8 >> (--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:27a6:8086:7270 Intel Corporation Mobile >> 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller rev 3, Mem >> @ 0x50300000/524288 >> (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0 >> (II) LoadModule: "intel" >> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so >> (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" >> (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, >> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip >> Accelerated VGA BIOS >> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation >> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics >> Controller >> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics Chip >> Accelerated VGA BIOS >> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: Intel Corporation >> (II) VESA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: Intel(r) 82945GM Chipset Family Graphics >> Controller > > Oh dear. For some reason the intel driver bombs and vesa is used by X > instead. Are there any clues following the line "intel: Driver for Intel > Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,"? Not too much. Here's what I've got: [snip] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0 (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1 (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2 (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout (II) LoadModule: "intel" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 2.13.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) LoadModule: "vesa" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 2.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.6.901, module version = 0.4.2 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge, Sandybridge (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw" (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.so (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 0.0.2 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory (II) Loading sub module "vbe" (II) LoadModule: "vbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) Loading sub module "int10" (II) LoadModule: "int10" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 [/snip] At that point, the VESA driver starts to initialize. The only warnings/errors in there seem to be related to fbdev. Here they are for the whole file: $ grep -E '\(EE|WW\)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist. (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType". (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying less strict filter... (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left. Trying aggressive sync range... (WW) VESA(0): Unable to estimate virtual size (EE) appletouch Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware. (EE) PreInit failed for input device "appletouch" (WW) Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad: unable to handle keycode 464 Thanks for any advice you can offer. I feel pretty clueless about X-related stuff. Best, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87oc7b4gqr....@berkeley.edu